The Yellow & Blue summarized the game against Jerusalem. Sfairopoulos: “We lost one of our goals, the cup. Our defense wasn’t enough to win”
“Tonight, we lost one of our goals, the cup”, Said Giannis Sfairopoulos after the game. “We didn’t play the way we wanted to, and it’s obvious our defense wasn’t enough to win this game. We allowed Jerusalem to score 92 points on our home court, it isn’t easy to win the game. In the end, when it’s a tight clash, like a derby game, any team can win. Jerusalem is a good team with good players, and they know how to score big baskets, and they did that tonight.”
“We need to learn from this game to continue and keep our heads up because we have two more goals to compete”, Emphasized Sfairopoulos. “I don’t want to use excuses, but when you play in the EuroLeague, you aren’t playing the Israeli conditions, for us, it was the third game in a week, and we missed the power, and in a shorter roster the players are more fatigued”.
“We didn’t dictate on the defensive end, that’s where we get our rhythm, our confidence, and that what makes us who we are”, Said the captain John DiBartolomeo at the post-game press conference. “We were playing catchup for a big portion of the beginning of the game. We know how important this game was, we are competitors, and we go to every single game to win. Obviously, the cup has another meaning, but unfortunately, we came up short. We need to learn from it, the best way to bounce back is to get back to our winning ways and to play the basketball we know we are capable of playing”.
